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TCU sophomore DE Devonte Fields totaled three tackles, including two for a loss, in a 20-10 loss to Texas Tech on Thursday.

Fields played in the second half last week against SE Louisiana, but this was his first matchup against worthwhile competition. The sophomore is one of the top players at the position in the country, but won't be draft eligible until 2015.

Clemson coach Dabo Swinney said he will take a cautious approach with junior QB Kelly Bryant (ankle) during the bye week.

Bryant entered Friday's game against Syracuse with a sprained ankle, and he suffered a concussion during it. "Hopefully by Wednesday, he's out there moving around, but we're going to be really cautious with him this week and really get him dialed in on what we're doing game plan wise," Swinney said. "Come Wednesday, I think we'll have a much better feel for what he's going to do practice wise Wednesday and Thursday, and then they'll be off for the weekend." Clemson next takes the field against Georgia Tech on Oct. 28.

Minnesota HC P.J. Fleck declined to name a starting quarterback for Saturday against Illinois, but the Minneapolis Star Tribune and St. Paul Pioneer Press both report that signs point to redshirt sophomore QB Demry Croft drawing the start.

"What I saw out there in the last 10 minutes is a team I couldn’t wait to see!" Fleck said of Croft in the postgame news conference. "I couldn’t wait to see that!" Croft came on in relief of Conor Rhoda on Saturday against Michigan State to rally the Gophers for three fourth-quarter touchdown passes to Tyler Johnson. Minnesota fell just short, losing 30-27. Croft went 8-for-14 for 131 yards and three scores in sum. "I felt like, this probably would be a good time to be able to see what Demry can do," Fleck said Sunday. "And once he went in there, he did a really nice job." It's been a wild ride for Croft, who Fleck suspended on Sept. 12 for an unspecified violation of team rules. Croft missed two games before returning for last week’s game at Purdue. And now he may be the team's starter going forward. Croft has a much higher ceiling than Rhoda, and he provides a dual-threat element that Rhoda lacks. We were surprised when Rhoda won the job out of

Washington junior T Trey Adams will miss the remainder of the season with a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee.

Adams suffered the injury in Saturday's upset loss to Arizona State. It's a devastating loss for the Huskies. The 6-foot-8, 327-pound Adams was a first-team all-Pac-12 selection in 2016 and considered a potential first-round pick. Washington is on bye this week, allowing them to pick up the pieces after one of the worst weekends the program has had in the Chris Peterson era.

South Carolina sophomore RB Rico Dowdle will undergo surgery on a fractured bone in his left leg.

Per Gamecocks coach Will Muschamp, Dowdle will have the operation later this week. Dowdle will miss most of the remaining season, if not all of it. The 5-foot-11, 220-pound Dowdle, who was injured in the second quarter of Saturday's 15-9 victory at Tennessee, was the Gamecocks' leading rusher last season. He'd gained 206 yards on 60 carries this season.

Richards warmed up in advance of Saturday's game against Georgia Tech, but the decision was made to sit him again. "He warmed up pretty good. We considered using him. He wasn't 100 percent," Richt said. "We don't want this to last the whole season. We want to get him well and get him going. Our hopes would be he will play this week, but we had those hopes last week." Richards strained his hamstring in camp and has missed three of five games.

Nebraska hired Washington State AD Bill Moos to serve in the same capacity.

Moos fills the position formerly held by Shawn Eichorst, who was fired on September 21. He had been with Washington State for seven years and previously served as Oregon's athletic director from 1995-2007. Per ESPN's Mitch Sherman, Moos' contract with the Cornhuskers is of the five-year variety and will net him $1 million annually.

In the latest release of the Associated Press Top-25 poll, Alabama, Penn State, Georgia and TCU landed at Nos. 1-4.

While the AP Top-25 and the Amway Coaches Poll generally have some noticeable discrepancies, the first four teams were identical in both polls in Sunday's releases. Digging a little deeper into the Associated Press species, Clemson fell to No. 7, Washington to No. 12 and Washington State to No. 15. In something of a rarity, Michigan actually lost ground despite winning on Saturday, slotting down from No. 17 to No. 19.

Dowdle joins WR Deebo Samuel as the second notable South Carolina player to suffer a significant leg injury this season. After the game, HC Will Muschamp said that the 5-foot-11, 211-pound sophomore will miss an extended amount of time. His season could very much be in jeopardy. Ty'son Williams and A.J. Turner will see the bulk of work on the ground moving forward with Dowdle out for the foreseeable future.

Texas beat out fellow finalists Oregon and TCU for the pledge. Jamison (5'10/174) has all the athleticism you want in a corner, having been laser-timed at 4.48 seconds in the 40-yard dash and recorded with a 37-inch vertical jump. Scout.com's Brian Dohn notes that the Houston native is "an aggressive defensive back prospect who pairs cornerback size with safety mentality." He writes that Jamison possesses "[e]xcellent closing speed in downhill pursuit as well as chase-and-tackle situations." Scout ranks him as the No. 108 overall prospect in the 2018 class.

Saint Juste averaged 5.2 YPC with a long run of 38 yards as he gradually broke San Jose State's back over the course of the game. The 5-foot-8, 185-pound senior's 39 carries on Saturday set a school record. He is currently putting in a stealth-awesome campaign, having now rushed for 1,094 yards (6.0 YPC) and six touchdowns in seven games. Saint Juste has posted three 200-yard rushing performances this season, including back-to-back such showings.

Ursua injured his leg on 14-yard catch and subsequently required the use of crutches after he left the field of play. That catch was the only one he would log in the contest. Any long-term absence from the 5-foot-10, 165-pounder would be killer for Hawaii -- Ursua is working to a 47-667-5 receiving line on the year. Aiding a potential recovery, Hawaii will be off on bye next weekend, allowing a wider recovery window, here. Stay tuned.